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Seeing is Deceiving: The Psychology of Visual Illusions book cover

1st Edition

Seeing is Deceiving The Psychology of Visual Illusions

By Stanley Coren, Joan Girgus Copyright 1978
272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge
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In this volume, originally published in 1978, the authors survey the historical and contemporary research literature pertaining to two-dimensional visual-geometric illusions. They bring together much of the known data, summarising and evaluating theories that have been offered to explain these phenomena. Coren and Girgus provide a new conceptual framework that suggest that visual illusions are... Read more

Preface.  1. A Brief History of Visual Illusions  2. Size Illusions  3. Direction, Location, and Shape Illusions  4. Structural Factors in Illusion Formation: Optical Contributions  5. Structural Factors in Illusion Formation: Retinal Components  6. Structural Components in Illusion Formation: Central Neural Mechanisms  7. Illusions and Picture Processing Strategies  8. Global Impression and Averaging Strategies  9. Contrast and Difference Extraction Strategies  10. Composite Strategies, Perceptual Fields, and Quantitative Theories  11. Information, Sampling in Illusion Formation and Destruction  12. The Psychoanatomy of Visual Illusions  13. Toward a Taxonomy of Visual Illusions  14. Illusions: Implications and Extrapolations.  References.  Author Index.  Subject Index.

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Stanley Coren, Joan Girgus

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